Re: Pricing
Patrick A. Morin (pmorin@clic.net)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 13:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
> Maybe I am lost here, see I was never great at math and maybe I was dropped
> on my head a few more times than the rest of you, but how is $355 per port a
> good price? I sat around my small little ISP and dug up my numbers on what
> my p.p.c. was when I bought the PM2e30 & 30 USR 33.6 Sports. I scratched my
> head, recalculated the figures, looked back at the $355 and had a good laugh.
>
> I re-evaluated my position and said to myself, well Brandon, those prices
> were 6 months ago, your cost would be much higher today. So I dusted off
> that ol' calculator again, got updated numbers from the marketplace, and
> guess what I found?
>
> With a PM2e30, 30 USR 33.6 sports, 30 modem cables, 30 phone cords, and TAX
> (today) my per port cost was $272.41. Now am I missing something? My
> calculator must have failed me again, just as it used to in school. But I
> thought I remembered how to add...To all you out there that is $82.59 less.
>
> Will one of you please help me with this?
Well, you can't do ISDN with those same ports now can you? With the PM3 you
will. And with any luck, the Livingston digital modems will be better than
USR Sportsters.
>
> thank you,
> Brandon Miller
> Tomato Web Online
> 1008 1/2 10th Street
> Sacramento, CA 95816
> (916) 441-2321
Patrick